Culture

Gay of the day: Martin Burgoyne

By Raziel Reid

Culture

Popping culture: Lily Allen wants you to know that it’s hard out there for a bitch

By Simon Thibault

Sexual Geography 101

Cameron Deane Stewart talks about the universal truths in coming-of-age flick Geography Club

By Matt Thomas

Arts

Shaking up Shakespeare

Jaybird Productions’ all-female version of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew highlights power dynamics over misogyny

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Redress sought for discharged gay Canadian soldiers

Citizen Jane filmmaker and NDP MP want government to apologize

By Niko Bell

Opinion

From the Speakers

DJ John Caffery presents his top-10 tracks of the moment

By MICHAEL BABB

Opinion

Dancing with the Dumpster, Episode 3

The saga continues with our fabulous drag queen hosts

By Xtra Editor

Looking pretty

Preview of HBO’s new gay show, Looking

By Andrew Jacome

Culture

We’re hiring: Mobile journalist

Ottawa, part-time

By Xtra Editor

Review: Dallas Buyers Club

New film starring Matthew McConaughey brings AIDS back into the headlines

By Steven Bereznai

Travel

Vienna

‘City of Waltzes’ retains the elegance of centuries past

By Xtra Editor

Arts

The return of riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna

The Punk Singer is a new documentary about the famed Bikini Kill singer

By Nicolas Kazamia

All about Bette

TIFF highlights Bette Davis gold with The Hard Way: The Films Of Bette Davis

By Sissydude

Arts

Heroes, heroines and whimsy

Recognizable individuals theme of Bhat Boy’s new Ottawa exhibition

By Adrienne Ascah

Arts

The poster boy for dreams come true

Andrew Binks’s novel Strip translates painful experiences to art

By Chris Dupuis

Culture

Lady Gaga is ‘every icon’ but never said she was a ‘gay icon’

By Raziel Reid

Books

Strip it all away

New novel explores dancers, body and soul

By Scott Dagostino

Arts

Bad girls

Toronto artist Troy Brooks presents his latest batch of ladies at Pentimento gallery

By Drew Rowsome